a) Crowd (DW Stadium, Capacity 25,133): 15,040 (14,790-15,290)
b) Score and Winning team: Wigan 16 v 10 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Murdoch Masila
d) Time of first try: 14 minutes
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Marshall
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

g) Hull KR v Wakefield Hull KR by 18
St Helens v Salford St Helens by 40
Catalans v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 20
Toronto v Castleford Castleford by 18
Leeds v Hull FC Hull FC by 26

Now then if ever a defeat against Wigan could have an element or two of positivity perhaps this was it down to 12 and for a small part 11 we still carried a threat and there was no doubting our effort more of the same (effort not indiscipline) will see us win more than we lose shirley.

To add insult to injury this week's winner was predictably King Ross 11 who amassed 17 points built largely upon the reliability of Marshall, Hill and Kendal. The rest of us fared as follows

27pts King Ross 11
9pts karetaker Uncle Rico, AC Wire
8pts Longbarn Wire Vespid Wire
7pts Matt King's kitten matt6169
6pts Old Man John
5pts BIAW! Robwire, CW8, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Gaz3376
4pts Sir Adrian Morley, Wire Weaver, eddieH, Wire n Steel, mcraven
3pts Moving Forward Johnkendal, rubber duckie, Rugby, The Speculator, Builth Wells Wire, Wanderer, Hatfield Town Wire, Walter Wizard
2pts Moving On

HOUSE KEEPING Any late night Super Bowl blips from UR PM me let's keep the thread clean guys and girls and of course if you are indisposed any week feel free to post early rather than miss

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 12,562 (12,312-12,812)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 19 v 0 St Helens
c) First try (Wire player): D Clark
d) Time of first try: 32mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Charnley
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4

g) Castleford v Wigan Castleford by 4
Hull FC v Hull KR Hull FC by 9
Salford v Toronto Salford by 8
Huddersfield v Leeds P
Wakefield v Catalans P

In simple terms 'Oh we of little faith' as more than a few of us opted for a Saints victory and I'm sure that we were more than pleased to be proved wrong? Talking of faith I'm trusting posters and there's more than one or two, that they meant Hull FC when tipping Hull this will be a one off in future hedging your bets will results in nil points no matter who wins...

Anyway enough of the negativity who came out on top I hear you say? Well this week the honour goes to Walter Wizard who conjured 13 points on what ended up as a short and stormy affair (the postponed fixture can be re-predicted when rearranged). The rest of us were more Barry White than Gandolf the White as follows

RESULTS

23pts Walter Wizard
10pts rubber duckie
9pts Matt King's kitten,
8pts Johnkendal, Uncle Rico, Robwire
7pts Old Man John, Rugby
6pts Wire n Steel, karetaker, Wanderer, Hatfield Town Wire
5pts King Ross 11
4pts eddieH, mcraven, Vespid Wire
3pts Wire Weaver, matt6169, Sir Adrian Morley, Moving Forward, BIAW!
2pts Longbarn Wire, The Speculator, AC Wire, Gaz3376, Builth Wells Wire
1pt CW8, Moving Forward

STANDINGS

32pts King Ross 11
26pts Walter Wizard
17pts Uncle Rico
16pts Matt King's kitten
15pts karetaker
13pts Old Man John, Robwire, rubber duckie
12pts Vespid Wire
11pts Johnkendal, AC Wire
10pts Longbarn Wire matt6169, Wire n Steel, Rugby
9pts Wanderer, Hatfield Town Wire
8pts BIAW! MorePlaymakersNeeded, eddieH, mcraven
7pts Gaz3376, Wire Weaver, Sir Adrian Morley
6pts CW8, Moving Forward
5pts Builth Wells Wire, The Speculator
3pts Moving On

a) Crowd (Belle Vue Stadium, Capacity 9,333): 5,197 (4,947-5,447)
b) Score and Winning team: Wakefield 18 v 8 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Ratchford
d) Time of first try: 61 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Johnstone
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7

g) Wigan v Toronto Wigan by 22
Leeds v Hull KR Leeds by 42
Salford v Huddersfield huddersfield by 2
Catalans v Castleford Catalans by 18
Hull FC v St Helens St Helens by 14

Well I did say that this fixture was unpredictable yet predictably only prediction Matt backed against us picking up two points from back to back wins!!

Sir Adrian Morley took the spoils this week amassing a creditable 8 points the rest of us suffered by varying degrees as follows

RESULTS

18pts Sir Adrian Morley
6pts Old Man John, matt6169, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Hatfield Town Wire, The Speculator, rubber duckie
5pts Gaz3376, King Ross 11, Wire n Steel, CW8
4pts Moving On, Vespid Wire, BIAW!, AC Wire
3pts Wire Weaver, Longbarn Wire, Johnkendal, Moving Forward, Builth Wells Wire, Robwire, Wanderer
2pts Rugby, karetaker, mcraven, Matt King's kitten, Uncle Rico
1pts Walter Wizard, eddieH

STANDINGS

37pts King Ross 11
27pts Walter Wizard
25pts Sir Adrian Morley
19pts Uncle Rico, Old Man John, rubber duckie
18pts Matt King's kitten
17pts karetaker
16pts Robwire, Vespid Wire, matt6169
15pts AC Wire, Wire n Steel, Hatfield Town Wire
14pts Johnkendal, MorePlaymakersNeeded
13pts Longbarn Wire
12pts Rugby, Wanderer, BIAW! Gaz3376,
11pts CW8, The Speculator
10pts mcraven, Wire Weaver
9pts eddieH, Moving Forward
8pts Builth Wells Wire
7pts Moving On

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 11,182 (10,932-11,432)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 32 v 22 Toronto
c) First try (Wire player): Charnley
d) Time of first try: 7 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Murdoch Masila
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9

g) Castleford v Wakefield Castleford by 17
Hull KR v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 18
Salford v Leeds Leeds by 14
Wigan v Hull FC Wigan by 14

Well I suppose a win is a win when all said and done, take the two and move on might just sum up the general mood.

Unless of course you are Gaz3376 and MorePlaymakersNeeded who will still be grinning and no doubt basking in the warm glow of Prediction Comp Glory whilst the rest of us attempt to take ever cooling comfort that we'll have another chance soon enough

RESULTS

25pts Gaz3376 MorePlaymakersNeeded
13pts Matt King's kitten
12pts Vespid Wire
11pts The Speculator
10pts Longbarn Wire, Wanderer
9pts King Ross 11, Rugby, BIAW!
8pts Wire n Steel
7pts Moving Forward
6pts Old Man John, matt6169, AC Wire, Walter Wizard
5pts Moving On, Sir Adrian Morley, karetaker, Hatfield Town Wire, rubber duckie, mcraven, Builth Wells Wire
4pts CW8, Wire Weaver, Uncle Rico, Johnkendal, eddieH
3pts Robwire

STANDINGS

46pts King Ross 11
39pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
37pts Gaz3376
33pts Walter Wizard
31pts Matt King's kitten
30pts Sir Adrian Morley
28pts Vespid Wire
25pts Old Man John,
24pts rubber duckie
23pts Uncle Rico, Wire n Steel, Longbarn Wire
22pts karetaker, matt6169, Wanderer, The Speculator
21pts AC Wire, Rugby, BIAW!
20pts Hatfield Town Wire
19pts Robwire
18pts Johnkendal
16pts Moving Forward
15pts CW8, mcraven
14pts Wire Weaver
13pts eddieH, Builth Wells Wire
12pts Moving On

a) Crowd (Headingly Stadium, Capacity 19,700): 12,124 (11,874-12,374)
b) Score and Winning team: Leeds 36 v 0 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Nil desperandum
d) Time of first try: 6 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Handley
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

g) Hull KR v Castleford Castleford by 20
Toronto v St Helens St Helens by 32
Huddersfield v Wigan Wigan by 32
Hull FC v Catalans Catalans by 5
Salford v Wakefield Wakefield by 10

Enough said as far as the result was concerned but who made the most of our debacle in Prediction Comp I hear you ask.....well he's the kind a guy that likes to post around he's never on one place he posts on board to board they call him the Wanderer yeah the Wanderer and he gets the bonus ten the bonus ten.....

RESULTS

26pts Wanderer
8pts matt6169, Gaz3376, Hatfield Town Wire
7pts Vespid Wire, Longbarn Wire, Matt King's kitten, AC Wire
6pts Wire n Steel, MorePlaymakersNeeded, karetaker
5pts King Ross 11, Sir Adrian Morley, Rugby, Moving Forward,
4pts Old Man John, CW8, Wire Weaver, eddieH
3pts Uncle Rico, BIAW!
2pts Moving On, The Speculator, Walter Wizard, Builth Wells Wire
1pt Johnkendal, rubber duckie

STANDINGS

51pts King Ross 11
48pts Wanderer
45pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Gaz3376
39pts Matt King's kitten
35pts Walter Wizard, Sir Adrian Morley, Vespid Wire
30pts Longbarn Wire, matt6169
29pts Old Man John, Wire n Steel
28pts Hatfield Town Wire, AC Wire, karetaker
26pts Uncle Rico, Rugby
25pts rubber duckie
24pts BIAW! The Speculator
21pts Moving Forward
19pts Robwire, Johnkendal, CW8
18pts Wire Weaver
17pts eddieH
15pts mcraven, Builth Wells Wire
14pts Moving On

Didn't catalans beat Hull? May cost me a point but true none the less.

ha ha they did I copied a prediction post (BIAW!) and didn't edit Hull it didn't cost you a point btw I didn't award points for the Hull Victory it was correct on the back of my envelope

I thought I was going to score nil this week.

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 9,228 (8,978-9,47icon_cool.gif
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 9 v 8 Castleford
c) First try (Wire player): Lineham
d) Time of first try: 26 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Turner
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

g) Leeds v Toronto Leeds by 54
St Helens v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 2
Wakefield v Hull FC Hull FC by 1
Catalans v Salford Catalans by 16
Wigan v Hull KR Wigan by 14

Uncle Rico's ploy of being MIA again pays off as Wire secure a narrow victory but who in addition to Pre CV Tyrolean um pah bars profited the most I hear you ask? Well according to my reckoning now that the mist has cleared Johnkendal is this week's Franz Klammerr...the rest of us were more Eddie the Eagle-esque as follows

21pts Johnkendal
10pts Longbarn Wire
9pts Old Man John
8pts Moving Forward Wire n Steel
7pts CW8, karetaker, Wanderer, Walter Wizard Hatfield Town Wire
6pts The Speculator, eddieH, Sir Adrian Morley, Rugby Uncle Rico
5pts Wire Weaver rubber duckie
4pts King Ross 11, Moving On, matt6169, AC Wire, Gaz3376, Builth Wells Wire, MorePlaymakersNeeded
3pts Vespid Wire

STANDINGS

55pts King Ross 11, Wanderer
49pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Gaz3376
43pts Matt King's kitten,
42pts Walter wizard
41pts Sir Adrian Morley
40pts Longbarn Wire, Johnkendal
38pts Vespid Wire, Old Man John
37pts Wire n Steel
35pts karetaker, Hatfield Town Wire
34pts matt6169
32pts AC Wire, Rugby Uncle Rico
30pts rubber duckie,The Speculator
29pts Moving Forward
26pts CW8
24pts BIAW!
23pts eddieH, Wire Weaver
19pts Robwire Builth Wells Wire
18pts Moving On `
15pts mcraven

a) Crowd (The KCOM Stadium, Capacity 25,586): 10,214 (9,964-10,464)
b) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 4 v 38 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Austin
d) Time of first try: 4 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Buchanan
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

g) Salford v Wigan Salford by 4
Castleford v St Helens Castleford by 14

A momentous evening, Wire break their run of away 'form' and no sign of dither from Hull FC's Chairman as Coach Radford didn't even make the aftermatch press conference. Who was this week's winner I hear you ask? Well Rugby was the winner and I don't mean the sport in general despite Wigan's second half woes but Rugby the Forum's very own Roger Bannister who timed his prediction run to perfection with 8 points...the rest of us limped home as follows

18pts Rugby
7pts Wire Weaver
6pts Moving Forward
5pts Hatfield Town Wire
4pts Walter Wizard, Gaz3376, Sir Adrian Morley, Wire n Steel, rubber duckie
3pts Moving On, MorePlaymakersNeeded
2pts karetaker, The Speculator, AC Wire, Vespid Wire, eddieH Uncle Rico
1pt Old Man John, Matt King's kitten, Builth Wells Wire
0pts King Ross 11, matt6169, CW8, Wanderer

STANDINGS

55pts King Ross 11, Wanderer
53pts Gaz3376
52pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
50pts Rugby
46pts Walter Wizard
45pts Sir Adrian Morley
44pts Matt King's kitten,
41pts Wire n Steel
40pts Longbarn Wire, Johnkendal, Vespid Wire, Hatfield Town Wire
39pts Old Man John
37pts karetaker
35pts Moving Forward
34pts matt6169, AC Wire, Uncle Rico, rubber duckie,
32pts The Speculator
30pts Wire Weaver
26pts CW8
25pts eddieH
24pts BIAW!
21pts Moving On
20pts Builth Wells Wire
19pts Robwire
15pts mcraven

BUMP

I think this where we were when the 'music stopped' and all things being equal the real WIRE YED Prediction Comp will resume this weekend

Cheers Uncle Rico

St. Helens v Catalans St Helens by 28
Huddesfield v Leeds Leeds by 1

Welcome back, although no one predicted the correct margins it seemed that the majority thought that there were a couple of 'bankers' playing this weekend going for a Saints/ Leeds double.

RESULTS

12pts Walter Wizard, CW8, rugby, Old Man John, Sir Adrian Morley, Builth Wells Wire, Wanderer, MorePlayMakersNeeded, karetaker, Uncle Rico, AC Wire, King Ross11
1pt eddieH, Matt King's kitten, rubber duckie, Wire n Steel
0pts Moving Forward


STANDINGS

67pts King Ross 11, Wanderer
64pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
62pts Rugby
58pts Walter Wizard
57pts Sir Adrian Morley
53pts Gaz3376
51pts Old Man John
49pts karetaker
46pts AC Wire, Uncle Rico
45pts Matt King's kitten,
42pts Wire n Steel
40pts Longbarn Wire, Johnkendal, Vespid Wire, Hatfield Town Wire
38pts CW8
35pts Moving Forward, rubber duckie
34pts matt6169
32pts The Speculator, Builth Wells Wire
30pts Wire Weaver
26pts eddieH
24pts BIAW!
21pts Moving On
19pts Robwire
15pts mcraven

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 40 v 10 Hull KR
b) First try (Wire player): Lineham
c) Time of first try: 1 minute
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Lineham
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7 kicks

f) Castleford v Catalan Catalan by 26
Salford v Hull FC Salford by 36
Wakefield v Wigan Wigan by 1
Leeds v St Helens St Helens by 48

On reflection I don't know what I thought about Saturday's performance, it was a strange game but then again it probably wasn't given the circumstances and nature of the other results, the disjointed preparation for a first run out, rule tweaks, the 'Albuquerque' heat and KR being coached by their very own Heisenberg freed from the shackles of potential relegation.

Sure it lacked a bit of quality particularly in the first half but overall I was grateful to see a return and two points.

Talking of points, our biggest 'taker' this week was Gaz3376 with 14 the rest of us are still finding our feet as follows,

RESULTS

24pts Gaz3376
13pts Builth Wells Wire
12pts karetaker
11pts Wire Weaver rubber duckie
10pts eddieH
9pts Old man John, Uncle Rico
8pts rugby, Sir Adrian Morley, King Ross 11 Wanderer
7pts Johnkendal, MorePlaymakersNeeded, AC Wire
5pts Wire n Steel, Walter Wizard, Matt King's kitten
4pts Moving Forward
2pts CW8, matt6169

STANDINGS

77pts Gaz3376
75pts King Ross 11, Wanderer
71pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
70pts Rugby
65pts Sir Adrian Morley
63pts Walter Wizard
61pts karetaker
60pts Old Man John
55pts Uncle Rico
53pts AC Wire
50pts Matt King's kitten,
47pts Wire n Steel, Johnkendal
46pts rubber duckie
45pts Builth Wells Wire
41pts Wire Weaver
40pts Longbarn Wire, CW8, Vespid Wire, Hatfield Town Wire
39pts Moving Forward
36pts matt6169, eddieH
32pts The Speculator
24pts BIAW!
21pts Moving On
19pts Robwire
15pts mcraven

a) Score and Winning team: - Huddersfield 18 v 19 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): - Currie
c) Time of first try: - 13 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): - Russell
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): - 7

f) Wakefield v Catalan - Catalan by 58
Wigan v Leeds - Wigan by 18
St Helens v Castleford - St Helens by 10

They say that a week is a long time in politics and the same can be said of the Prediction Competition with a reversal of fortunes for CW8 who came out on top mainly thanks to correctly plumping for Wigan by 18.Unless you are Wigan royalty the rest of us were obviously and 'correctly' hoping for a smaller margin so didn't fare as well as follows

RESULTS

20pts CW8
8pts Walter Wizard
7pts Wire n Steel Gaz3376
6pts eddieH
5pts King Ross11, Wire Weaver Old Man John, Moving Forward, matt6169, Uncle Rico, Rugby Johnkendal, rubber duckie, Matt King's kitten, Builth Wells Wire, AC Wire Wanderer
4pts Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded
3pts karetaker

STANDINGS

84pts Gaz3376
80pts King Ross 11, Wanderer
75pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Rugby
71pts Walter Wizard
69pts Sir Adrian Morley
65pts Old Man John
64pts karetaker
60pts Uncle Rico, CW8
58pts AC Wire
55pts Matt King's kitten,
54pts Wire n Steel,
52pts Johnkendal
51pts rubber duckie
50pts Builth Wells Wire
46pts Wire Weaver
44pts Moving Forward
42pts eddieH
41pts matt6169
40pts Longbarn Wire, Vespid Wire, Hatfield Town Wire
32pts The Speculator
24pts BIAW!
21pts Moving On
19pts Robwire
15pts mcraven

a) Score and Winning team: Catalan 36 v 24 Wakefield
b) First try (any player): Mead
c) Time of first try: 6 minutes
d) Last try (any player): Miller
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10

A bit closer than last week but the score was never in doubt was it despite Catalans 'putting their cue in the rack' and some late points from the rhubarb munchers. Everyone picked the winners this week (is it me or is it becoming increasingly easier to dislike Catalans) but prediction points were all about timing with King Ross 11, karetaker, Wanderer and Uncle Rico all correctly plumping for 6 minutes. The rest of you were obviously using Hilda Baker's watch so were off with their timing as follows

RESULTS

26pts King Ross11, karetaker, Uncle Rico, Wanderer
4pts Old Man John, Wire n Steel, Walter Wizard, Gaz3376, Rugby, Moving Forward, eddieH, Sir Adrian Morley, Matt King's kitten, Builth Wells Wire, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Wire Weaver

STANDINGS

106pts King Ross 11, Wanderer
90pts karetaker
88pts Gaz3376
86pts Uncle Rico
79pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Rugby
75pts Walter Wizard
73pts Sir Adrian Morley
69pts Old Man John
60pts CW8
59pts Matt King's kitten
58pts AC Wire Wire n Steel,
56pts Johnkendal
54pts Builth Wells Wire
51pts rubber duckie
50pts Wire Weaver
48pts Moving Forward
46pts eddieH
41pts matt6169
40pts Longbarn Wire, Vespid Wire, Hatfield Town Wire
32pts The Speculator
24pts BIAW!
21pts Moving On
19pts Robwire
15pts mcraven